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FreeRadical
FreeRadical 10th May 2012 20:11 - 14 years ago

on Mulchefye-Fishers Of Men by Rats
I've listened to a few of your tracks and i think you've got a good, unique sound. It kind of reminds me of sonic youth with a touch of the Ramones or something.
The frantic mixture of grungy guitars, fast drumbeats and distorted vocals makes a great combo.
The vocal needs to be more upfront as already stated and maybe a little less mid range and a bit more treble on the guitars to stop it crowding the bass.
You have great ideas and play them very tightly so i reckon with a little more work on your mixdowns you could really up the ante.
FR
Rats
Rats replied 21st May 2012 - 14 years ago
Thanks for the kind man; I still dont know how much this tragedy in January has affected my music cuz I still aint got an electric guitar as yet (the final missing ingredient) but hopefully I wont crawl into a dark bag when I start recording in earnest again; Ive uploaded a new tune called Lies Lived In The Light, did it like 2 days ago with an acoustic kids guitar someone gave me, my laptop and Audacity...play loud
FRITZOMATIC
FRITZOMATIC 11th Mar 2012 08:16 - 14 years ago

on F U N K E N-Beat Ill Unit by Rats
i think the lo-fi sound of it gave it some character and nostalgia and the timing and fx were great! kinda reminded me of land of the loops .good stuff!
JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 9th Apr 2011 23:35 - 15 years ago

on F U N K E N - Je Te Manque Papa by Rats
Nice work. Love the harmonica. Is that you playing it?

John
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks 4 the review homie. Yep it is me playing it. My harp been right on my hip right next to my d@#k for 37 years hehehe
JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 19th Mar 2011 23:55 - 15 years ago

on Godhed - Tune It Or Die aka Alms For The Poor by Rats
Track needs a bit of mixing, my friend, sounds like there's a lot of great things going on, but its really difficult to make it all out (just trying to be helpful).

I look forward to hearing the remix :-)

John
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
This is never going to be remixed. This is Godhed. Godhed is what it is, no masters exist for this.
ChuckBaileyBand
ChuckBaileyBand 1st Dec 2010 20:58 - 15 years ago

on Mulchefye-Without My Dad by Rats
Yes ! My favorite Mulchefye tune, its catchy and its fun, but its a serious subject, so it just messes with all the emotions like good art should!
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Nuff respect dude; yes it was quite emotionally messed up to do this track, that I can tell you. It was recorded the week before he died. Sometimes when I am really messed up about the whole thing I listen to this track and I think, sometimes, that the reason he died was that I recorded it.
karl36
karl36 11th Oct 2010 12:18 - 16 years ago

on SPTL-Tomlinson-LeClerc by Rats
hi
quel genre de travail me propose tu ?
j'aime aussi ce que tu fait!
je suis ouvert et attends tes propositions
karl
Rats
Rats replied 18th Dec 2025 - 10 months ago
tabarnac scuse pour le delai lol 15 ans apres ciboire wtaf....svp appeler-moi 514 437 2780 347 903 8203 SPEED THRASH DEATHCORE! Rats aka Plymouth The Bearer
Kikajon
Kikajon 16th Sep 2010 12:26 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye-Changes by Rats
A whiff of the psycedelic 60ies, early seventies in there too. Cool guitar and I like your chanting. Man, I dig this.
/pmk

faved.
Rats
Rats replied 8th Jun 2013 - 13 years ago
man took me 2 yrs to see that u faved this track...kudos Brother
subSpace
subSpace 22nd Jul 2010 22:05 - 16 years ago

on F U N K E N-Beat Ill Unit by Rats
that would explain alot the mix sounded like you were holding a mic up to a speaker the mix was low and very static this tune is not direct to the speakers but i can see you put a great deal into making these tunes keep them coming.
Rats
Rats replied 1st Mar 2012 - 14 years ago
actually it was all recorded direct but the analog equipment and software i was using contributed to the overall low-fi sound, which i am slaven unto
subSpace
subSpace 22nd Jul 2010 21:59 - 16 years ago

on F U N K E N-Ritualistic Bloodletting Dance by Rats
cool tracks kinda has an oldskool vibe it a great track but would it live up to the expectations of a release i am just not sure we will see if numberjack has a listen and we will see what he thinks
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Coolness...keep in mind that Funken trax tend to be long, and therefore much compression is sometimes necessary in order to load the bloody thing. I have all these trax in .wav format. I am quite certain that if you guys had these original mixes u could tweak them eq-wise to your preconceived notions, thereby perhaps making them accessible to the audience they were originally created for. As for whether it would "live up to the expectations of a release", perhaps u did not look at my reply to endtransmission; the video is going to be banned everywhere, and Funken's stage show will be no different. I have read all the reviews. Kudos dude and thankee-sai for taking the time to listen; I WILL keep them coming, now that u guys have lit a FIRE under the @$$ of Funken.
phantomhim
phantomhim 30th Jun 2010 10:20 - 16 years ago

on F U N K E N-Ritualistic Bloodletting Dance by Rats
It's a lovely image. ; p

You've def got an orig thought process fam.

Keep it up.
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
LOL yeah it can be trying at times...I continue to push the s#!t as far as I can...hopefully I will get a replacement distortion pedal within the next week or so, but I do not know how my DOD American Metal will EVER be replaced! Piece of American S#!T If I cannot replace it, I am going to SMASH it...sort of off-topic I know, but VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE
phantomhim
phantomhim 30th Jun 2010 09:35 - 16 years ago

on F U N K E N-Ritualistic Bloodletting Dance by Rats
Were you blazing when you did this one then? Haha!
Sounds like an interlude from an old Beastie Boys record fam, like a modern day Brass Monkey or something.
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
LOL blazing=definately...I had heard of these peeps who take energy drinks and snort coke and dance at these raves until the sun comes up, and one night while smoking huge buds and listening to old Kraftwerk I had a vision of people dancing while coughing up great spongy curds of blood upon the dance floor, continuing to dance on the bloody stumps of their legs having worn their feet away. The video will most certainly be banned everywhere when and if I decide to create it.
phantomhim
phantomhim 26th Jun 2010 16:25 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye-Light Eater (picobat) by Rats
Recording on drugs, always mixed results I used to find. God knows how you made a track on Acid. It's got some nice elements still.
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank you for the kind words loc. As to how I did it, your guess is as good as mine. All I can remember is a chaotic blur of complete nonsense.
Kikajon
Kikajon 22nd Jun 2010 20:39 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye-Without My Dad by Rats
Hell yeah! an istant fav. I'd like a bit more level on the vox. But man, this is f***ing great. Intense 1:45 minutes.
/pmk
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanx dude nuff respect! I suppose by now u know how I feel about vox hee hee...I treat vox the same way I would treat any other instrument in the mix; if it sounds good f@#k it. This was a particularly hard song to record because of the subject matter, and also because I was completely WASTED for the vocal track. And the funny thing is this, I was even more wasted for THIS vocal track than I was for the Blast Aria track and THIS is more coherent! Go figure...
Spivkurl
Spivkurl 18th Jun 2010 16:25 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye-Ice Storm by Rats
That's some funny stuff! Love it!
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Yeah that part of it was funny, but the lack of electricity wasn't lol I think that is the closest I have ever come to burning the furniture for HEAT!
KylerClevenger
KylerClevenger 31st May 2010 00:37 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye - Antiped by Rats
this is wicked. really noisy. the vocals are cool.
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for the review man! I will be sure and reciprocate asap
JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 13th May 2010 03:47 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye-Squirrelgull by Rats
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JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 6th May 2010 19:30 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye-Light Eater (picobat) by Rats
A very hypnotic track. Well conceived and well executed. Like something out of the 60s underground music scene.

I would have downloaded this baby if it available. Anyways, I faved.

John
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Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
There is also another version of this song, Light Eater PCP which I might make available for dl. This version was played and executed entirely under the influence of LSD way back in 2002, I still dont know how I got it to sounds so good, all I remember about recording it is total chaos. I will make this song available for dl for the next 24 hrs or until I sign in again, so go ahead dude. I am gearing up to print all of these tunes onto a 33 rpm vinyl dupplate as soon as I find a way to do it...who amongst yas would pay ten bucks for a copy? album is going to be called "No".

PS "picobat" means "play in case of bad acid trip"....I can help a lot of people with this hee hee
Spivkurl
Spivkurl 16th Apr 2010 17:59 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye-The Immortal Song (Damnation) by Rats
Funny cool track! I like the "speed thrash deathcore" part, that's awesome! Paul must be really important to you, to give a shout like this. Nice entertaining track!
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank ye kindly for the most excellent review; yep u r right on the money loc...the f@#kin guy and his wonderful family saved me from drinking myself to death in a cockroach-infested apartment back in Montreal. It was during this ridiculous period in my life that most of the newer tunes were recorded. Now Damnation has once again been resurrected from the dead, but I will NEVER play in Damnation again, EVER, without Paul Vallieres. Plain and simple.
karl36
karl36 13th Apr 2010 20:02 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye - Antiped by Rats
nice music!
good morning!
my name is karl is I am compositor! *je am guitarist, as well as pianist, and low .je offer my compositions to very artists for plans!
thank you d 'avoir listened!
contact me if plans!
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
?? I'm sorry dude. I did not really understand that at all. If you speak french c'est peut-etre mieux tu parles ta langue maternelle quand tu essaye de communiquer avec moi.
BigReeg
BigReeg 8th Apr 2010 14:25 - 16 years ago

on Devolve-Optomism by Rats
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Kikajon
Kikajon 8th Apr 2010 12:10 - 16 years ago

on Devolve-Optomism by Rats
Yeah!!!!
Raw, fun and pure energy. Hope to hear some more soon, and if possible, just slightly brighter sound.

/pmk
Rats
Rats replied 26th Mar 2013 - 13 years ago
The Devolve trax were uploaded from an old reel which spent 2 days underwater in 2004...its a wonder that i actually got anything from it at all...like i said eq was fruitless...good thing i managed to get these uploaded before fire burnt up the reel...
donmega
donmega 5th Apr 2010 07:51 - 16 years ago

on Devolve-How much I hate you by Rats
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Spivkurl
Spivkurl 26th Mar 2010 15:49 - 16 years ago

on F U N K E N-Beat Ill Unit by Rats
This has a cool sound to it! Love that old school tape feel to it! I am partial to using kids toys in my music too, though I usually modify them. Totally fun track! I dig the typewriter sounding percussion. Well done track!
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks dude; only hassle with using kids toys is u have to take them apart to get a line in off the speaker, but small price to pay. Yep yer right as rain again, recorded entirely on tape and digitized after. Your perceptions serve u well dude.
PikeNinja
PikeNinja 24th Mar 2010 13:52 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye-Fishers Of Men by Rats
interesting nice work i feel the vocals could be louder more up front
Rats
Rats replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank ye kindly for the review. Yep, perhaps they could b louder...but then again, I am most certainly in no mood to start chasin my proverbial tail as far as vocals r concerned, so I suppose I shall leave em as they are...no offence droog
CheshireCat
CheshireCat 24th Mar 2010 10:56 - 16 years ago

on Mulchefye - Antiped by Rats
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